Expedition into the Nanoworld

The story of microscopy over the years is one of wonder, revelation, and even love. What better words could there be to describe the amazing things that we have been able to see, learn and accomplish thanks to the progress made in this field? A love story between a pieace of glass and the rainbow with an original soundtrack mad of poetry and music.

From Galilei's initial foray into basic optical microscopy, including the Camillo Golgi and Giuliano Toraldo di Francia lessons, to such later developments as time-resolved microscopy, multi-photon microscopy and three-dimensional microscopy to innovations such as optical nanoscopy, bioimaging and super resolution imaging, the book seeks to take the reader, be they scientist or layperson, on a journey through the evolution of the microscope and its many uses, including in the field of medicine.

The author uses visible light as a through-line to unite the various chapters, as well as using fluorescence as a touchpointfrom which to map the changes in the science, a significant choice, as it, along with label-free approaches and the addition of artificial intelligence, form the natural environment for development of the modern multi-messenger microscope towards bioimaging at the nanoscale.

Describes the history of microscopy, from Galilei to Feynman, and the super-microscope of the future Tells the true (love) story of the genesis of the optical microscope Details how we developed the capability to watch living molecules at the nanoscale

Auteur
>16000 citations, and H=60 (source Google Scholar). He is Editor-in-Chief of the international peer revied journal Microscopy Research and Technique. He is SPIE fellow, Senior Member of IEEE and OSA, and Editorial Board Member of the Biophysical Journal. He received the Emily M. Gray Award in 2014 and the Award for Scientific Communication from the Italian Physical Society in 2019. Since 2016, Professor Diaspro is President of the Scientific Council of the "Festival of Science" (www.festivalscienza.it). Since 2021 he is President of SIBPA, the italian society of pure and applied biophysics.

Contenu

1. The Integrated State of Global Production Chain.- 2. Bismarck and The German Model of Consensus.- 3. The Meiji Restoration and Value-added Industrial Focus.- 4. The New Rome and the US Exceptionalism.- 5. The Current Entrenched Global Imbalance.- 6. The Balancing Acts by the Large Industrial Economies.